FAOSTAT
Food price inflation in Malawi
Annual change in food prices in Malawi in June 2026: +14.7%. Monthly series since 2001, from the national consumer price indices compiled by FAO.
+14.7%food price inflation, year on year
+21.1%overall inflation, same month
822.3food price index (2015 = 100)
+284.5%change in food prices over five years
+44.9%highest annual food inflation since 2000 (January 2024)
Food and overall inflation over ten years
Year-on-year change, month by month
- Food
- All items
- World median, food
A positive gap means food prices rose faster than prices overall.
Year by year
Average of the monthly year-on-year changes
| Year | Food | All items | Gap (percentage points) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +19.1% | +23.6% | -4.5 |
| 2025 | +33.4% | +28.4% | +5.0 |
| 2024 | +40.4% | +32.3% | +8.1 |
| 2023 | +37.0% | +28.7% | +8.3 |
| 2022 | +26.8% | +21.0% | +5.9 |
| 2021 | +11.3% | +9.3% | +2.0 |
| 2020 | +13.1% | +8.6% | +4.4 |
| 2019 | +14.3% | +9.4% | +4.9 |
| 2018 | +13.6% | +12.5% | +1.0 |
| 2017 | +12.2% | +11.6% | +0.6 |
| 2016 | +26.7% | +21.8% | +5.0 |
| 2015 | +23.9% | +21.8% | +2.1 |
| 2014 | +21.2% | +23.8% | -2.6 |
| 2013 | +22.9% | +27.6% | -4.6 |
| 2012 | +19.4% | +21.4% | -1.9 |
| 2011 | +3.1% | +7.6% | -4.5 |
| 2010 | +5.0% | +7.4% | -2.4 |
| 2009 | +7.3% | +8.4% | -1.1 |
| 2008 | +7.0% | +8.7% | -1.8 |
| 2007 | +7.4% | +7.9% | -0.6 |
| 2006 | +15.6% | +14.0% | +1.5 |
| 2005 | +17.3% | +15.4% | +1.9 |
| 2004 | +7.5% | +11.4% | -3.9 |
| 2003 | +5.3% | +9.6% | -4.3 |
| 2002 | +9.3% | +14.8% | -5.5 |
| 2001 | +20.4% | +23.0% | -2.6 |
Source: FAOSTAT, Consumer Price Indices (FAO), CC BY 4.0, update of 20 October 2026 · Shelfpedia calculations: overall inflation, yearly averages, gap, five-year change.
FAO. 2026. FAOSTAT: Consumer Price Indices. Accessed on 24 October 2026. https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/CP Licence: CC-BY-4.0.